Jobs at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Lateral corporate partner advising defense-sector companies, private equity funds, and venture capital funds on mergers and acquisitions, corporate matters, growth strategies, and organizational structures. Candidates need 15–25 years of meaningful corporate or transactional experience, a portable defense-sector client book, focused corporate expertise, and active good standing with the state bar in their state of residence.

Leads the firm’s enterprise applications portfolio and Enterprise Applications, Desktop Engineering, and Applications Development teams. Develops technology strategy and roadmaps; oversees implementations, integrations, upgrades, migrations, governance, lifecycle management, support, security, vendors, licensing, and budgets. Partners with attorneys, business leaders, IT, and vendors to deliver reliable legal, financial, document, workflow, and collaboration systems. Evaluates AI, automation, and emerging legal technologies while providing strategic reporting to leadership and governance committees.

Coordinates marketing operations initiatives, project plans, technology processes, user training, data quality, reporting, and process improvements. Partners with Marketing, Business Development, IT, and vendors to improve system adoption, operational efficiency, scalability, and measurable business outcomes.

Leads the firm's Matter Mobility program, overseeing secure client information imports, exports, and internal data transfers. Manages complex migration projects, workflows, priorities, quality metrics, and escalations while ensuring compliance with information governance standards. Collaborates with attorneys, General Counsel, Information Governance, IT, and business units on attorney transitions, client transfers, and strategic initiatives. Also drives process improvements, supports training, and provides technical and operational guidance.

Represents private equity funds, portfolio companies, corporate clients, founders, and strategic buyers in M&A, investments, divestitures, and other strategic transactions. Drafts and negotiates transaction documents, oversees due diligence and closings, advises on governance and ownership structures, and counsels clients throughout transactions. Collaborates with investment professionals, lenders, accountants, opposing counsel, and attorneys across practice groups.

Supports marketing operations by coordinating email marketing requests, validating data, conducting quality reviews, identifying discrepancies, escalating issues, documenting processes, and improving operational workflows. Collaborates with marketing leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure accurate, consistent, and brand-aligned communications while managing multiple priorities.

Lead full-cycle lateral partner recruiting for a major law firm. Source and attract legal partner candidates, build talent pipelines, collaborate with firm leadership and attorneys, manage external search firms, ensure a strong candidate experience, maintain applicant tracking records, analyze recruiting metrics, and improve hiring processes. The role requires deep legal recruiting expertise, strong relationship-building skills, and the ability to manage multiple searches and deadlines.

Manage full-cycle recruiting for attorneys and business professionals, including law school recruiting, summer associate programs, lateral hiring, interviews, onboarding, recruiting events, and candidate engagement. Partner with firm leaders and hiring stakeholders to develop talent strategies, analyze recruiting metrics, manage budgets, improve processes, and support recruiting staff. Deliver high-quality candidate and stakeholder experiences across multiple offices.